The court gamester In two parts. Part I. Containing, full and easy instructions for playing the games now in vogue after the best Method; as they are played at Court, and in the Assemblees, viz. Ombre, in all its Branches. Picquet. And, the Royal Game of Chess. Part II. Containing, the knowledge of play, written for Publick Benefit, and the Entertainment of all Fair Players, wherein the Frauds in Play are detected, and the Chances of the Games of Hazard, Pharao, and Basset, are calculated and determined. To which is added, the journal of a gameing lady of quality, a Tale. In a Letter to a Friend. By Dr. Swift
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
printed, and sold by J. Wilford, behind the Chapter-House, near St. Paul's
1732, [1732]
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | Braces in imprint. - English Short Title Catalog, T116617. - Part II has a separate register, pagination and titlepage: 'The knowledge of play, .. Translated from the Latin original of John Rizzetti, with improvements by Richard Seymour'. - Price from imprint: price 2 s. 6 d. Bound. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - Teerink-Scouten, 672. - The preface signed: R. S., i.e. Richard Seymour |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (103,[3];[4],vi,86p) 12° |